Progress of U.S. military aviation in the United States. Two ground crewmen walks toward an aircraft U.S. O-39 minus wheel spats and canopy, parked in front of a hangar. A civilian installs an aerometrogram (an instrument used to record pressure, humidity, and temperature) on the wing of an aircraft O-39 minus wheel spats and canopy. Pilot of the aircraft wearing foul weather face gear. The aircraft radio operator contacts the control tower. He tells them they are going to take off. Aircraft O-39, parked in front of the hangar as engine starts. The O-39 in flight over a weather tower. It flies in a fog bank and disappears. The radio operator contacts the control tower. Ground radio operator verify the contact. Ground radio operator receives a call from the aircraft radio operator. Aircraft radio operator makes contact with the airfield. Fog-shrouded New York Harbor. Statue of Liberty dimly visible. Ocean liners and tugs underway in the fog-shrouded New York Harbor.
Large crowd gather before arrival of Vice President Richard Nixon and the formal opening of the Republican National Convention of 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller disembarks from a plane and waves to the crowd. Narrator comments on Rockefeller's influence on Nixon in crafting the party platform. People holding banners of presidential campaign welcome Rockefeller. Sign: 'Nixon for President'. Parade for GOP (Grand Old Party) passes on a road with floats and cheering. Various floats and women on floats with banners of 'Nixon for President' in the parade. 'I'm for Nixon' written on the dress of a woman watching the parade.
Match for United States Women's Open Golf Championship in Worcester, Massachusetts. Woman player hits the shot at a golf course. Spectators watch the match. Golf players include Earling Heggie, Joe. In the final round, Betsy Rawls holds a lead and wins her 4th U.S. open.
Republican Party's nominating convention in Chicago, United States. Large crowd gathers for nominating convention of the Republican Party. U.S. President Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower and Vice president Richard Nixon talk in Chicago. Presidential motorcade arrives for GOP convention. Citizens welcome the President Eisenhower. President Eisenhower waves at the crowd from his car. President Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Eisenhower wave at crowd during convention. He delivers a speech. A dignitary speaks on microphone. People stand with banners of 'Nixon for president'. A sign designed as a traffic light reads, 'Stop and Think, Go With Nixon' U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and his wife at a press conference. He answers the questions of newsmen about presidential campaign for Nixon. Presidential candidate Nixon seated with his family announces his choice of UN Ambassador Lodge as his running mate.
At the start of an air show in Spokane, Washington, during World War 2, a U.S..Army Air Force Colonel introduces Brigadier General James G. Parker, Commanding General of the 4th Air Force, headquartered in San Francisco. General Parker says a few words of greeting. People applaud. The Colonel then introduces Air Force Brigadier General Dale V. Gaffney, Commanding General of the Alaska Wing, Air Transport Command. He also says a few words. Then, (sound only) the Colonel introduces a Major, from Spokane, who had survived the Bataan Death March and also successfully escaped from a Japanese prison camp.
Army Air Force Major Samuel Grashio speaks prior to an air show in Spokane, Washington, during World War 2. He is from Spokane, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, and had successfully escaped from a Japanese prison camp. The Major begins to describe his experiences during the fall of Corregidor and Bataan, during the Japanese invasion at the start of World War II in the Pacific. Unfortunately, the sound stops (purposely ?) as he gets into the details of his story.
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